Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India urges auto companies to cut royalties to foreign parents, say sources
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's commerce minister has asked automakers to find ways to reduce royalty payments to foreign parent companies for use of technology or brand names, two sources...
Aug 18, 2020
Gaza's lone power plant shuts down amid tension with Israel
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's lone power plant shut down on Tuesday, less than a week after Israel suspended fuel shipments to the Palestinian enclave over the launching of incendiary b...
Aug 18, 2020
Wall Street holds the cards as Main Street chases blank-check deal frenzy
By Joshua Franklin and Krystal Hu BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Josh Black was looking for the next lucrative deal after scoring a 500% profit in a few weeks by investing in electric truck maker Nikola ...
Aug 18, 2020
Charges of contravening lockdown provisions against Implats executive dropped
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Impala Platinum's (Implats) said on Tuesday that charges relating to contraventions of lockdown rules against the chief executive of its Rustenburg operations h...
Aug 18, 2020
Merkel: Belarusian government must avoid violence and start national dialogue
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Tuesday about the situation in Belarus and made clear that the Belarusian government must avoid...
Aug 18, 2020
Lebanon tribunal begins reading verdict in Hariri bombing trial
Leidschendam, NETHERLANDS (Reuters) - A U.N.-backed court on Tuesday began reading the verdict in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to carry out the 2005 bombing that killed f...
Aug 18, 2020
'We must go on,' says Lebanese designer Elie Saab after blast
By Ayat Basma and Charlotte Bruneau BEIRUT (Reuters) - It felt like an eternity rather than just a few minutes as haute couture fashion designer Elie Saab scrambled to make sure his 200 staff members,...
Aug 18, 2020
ECB's de Guindos says European banks unlikely to fully recover before 2022
MADRID (Reuters) - European banks are unlikely to recover from the coronavirus crisis before 2022, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday. The recovery of the bloc's econ...
Aug 18, 2020
From Africa to America, businesses and insurers face survival showdowns
By Emma Rumney and Noor Zainab Hussain PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK, South Africa (Reuters) - Wynand du Toit's safari camp in South Africa's Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents ripped ope...
Aug 18, 2020
Delta partners with CVS Health for rapid COVID-19 tests
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc said on Tuesday it has partnered with CVS Health Corp to use its rapid-response nasal-swab test to detect the novel coronavirus among its flight crew. The airline said ...
Aug 18, 2020
